Forman Family History
Forman Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a keeper of swine, Middle
English foreman, from Old English for ‘hog’, ‘pig’ +
mann ‘man’.English: status name for a leader or spokesman
for a group, from Old English fore ‘before’, ‘in front’ +
mann ‘man’. The word is attested in this sense from the 15th
century, but is not used specifically for the leader of a gang of
workers before the late 16th century.Czech and Jewish
(from Bohemia, Moravia): occupational name for a carter, Czech
forman, a loanword from German.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Forman
Name Distribution of Forman Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Forman families
 199 - 396  67 - 198 |
 1 - 66  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Forman families
|
135 - 268 46 - 134 |
1 - 45 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Forman families
|
64 - 126 22 - 63 |
1 - 21 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Forman Family Origin
Forman Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Forman
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Forman Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Forman Civil War Service Records
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